# 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe - persistent battery drain

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-hyundai-santa-fe-persistent-battery-drain/162268>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, santafe\
**Created:** [April 1, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-hyundai-santa-fe-persistent-battery-drain/162268 "2020-04-01T15:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ross03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@Ross03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ross03)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-hyundai-santa-fe-persistent-battery-drain/162268/1 "2020-04-01T15:24:06Z")

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New battery,new alt.still have battery drain… starter seems fine…no lights on.found cd player ran on when not in use,fixed that checked all lights none on…no blown fuses. \>\>confused,lol

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-hyundai-santa-fe-persistent-battery-drain/162268/2 "2020-04-01T19:22:23Z")

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Something is still draining the battery. Though you fixed the CD player, I would still guess the unit is drawing power. Pull the fuse for it and see how much battery drain there is,

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**Author:** ![Ross03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@Ross03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ross03)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-hyundai-santa-fe-persistent-battery-drain/162268/3 "2020-04-01T19:48:13Z")

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Thanks…Done that too I unplugged the whole unit,still had the drain

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-hyundai-santa-fe-persistent-battery-drain/162268/4 "2020-04-01T19:50:29Z")

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The advice usually given is to then pull each fuse, one at a time to narrow down the offending circuit.